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employing the best blood obtainable and 

 rearing his heifers well, he will be able to 

 sell them at handsome prices should he 

 desire to do so. 



As a rule sheep are not a very desirable 

 adjunct to a Small Holding, unless, as in 

 Sheep on the the case in some mountainous 

 Small Holding, districts — especially in Scot- 

 land and Ireland — the tenant has an 

 upland run or the liberty to turn 

 out sheep upon a mountain side. In 

 this case a small flock, sixteen to twenty 

 head, may be kept at extremely small cost, 

 not only paying their way, but leaving a 

 handsome profit behind, especially if twins 

 are numerous. The variety of sheep adapted 

 to the work are usually those which are 

 common to the country. Thus, we find Ex- 

 moors in Devonshire, the Welsh sheep on 

 the Welsh hills, the Herdwicks on the hills 

 of Cumberland and Westmorland, and the 

 Black-faced Homed sheep on the Scottish 

 mountains — all being peculiarly adapted to 

 the requirements of farmers living in each 

 district. Scotch mountain ewes are, how- 

 ever, frequently brought south and bred 

 upon the lowlands, but they frequently cause 

 considerable trouble, owing to their wandering 



